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Only we’ll have to get something up about it pretty darn sharpish if he does.

So the issue here is not that, if Cook is going or not but rather that if he left (as opposed to staying on) it gives very less reaction time for an analysis piece. So it must be pre-empted by a think-piece that claims to read into his mind & know that he is close to quitting.

Not a co-incidence that I am yet to see a post which claims that Cook is unlikely to quit because that merely maintains the status quo and hence is not news worthy.

Now that he has or maybe hasn’t gone, it’s time for a celebratory Clerihew.

Alastair Cook
Rode his luck
And the wins he scored
Were far more reliant on the presence of Anderson and Broad

Which is all well and good, but is unsatisfying in a very specific way. It is only in the last ten years of my life that the first two lines would rhyme. So here is another Clerihew, this time from before the Great Vowel Shift.

Alastair Cook
Won by fluke
And in his treatment of KP
He acted like he was suffering from a case of scrapie

That’s better, and because Alastair Cook lives on a sheep farm, very possibly accurate.

Erm, I’m sorry, my hearing is terrible. What’s actually happened is that Alice, the cook (at the local pub) has installed a fresh set of signage within the restaurant, to freshen up the image of the place.